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Ligety finds a new way to win – by sponsoring his rivals

SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, Italy – Slowed by injuries, Ted Ligety is finding a new way to win. By sponsoring some of his biggest rivals. Ten years after founding Shred - ...

DATE: Dec 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pinturault matches Killy’s French record with 18th win

SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, Italy – Already the best in a golden generation of French skiers, Alexis Pinturault has now matched French skiing royalty. By winning an Alpine combined r...

DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

US.. coach: Bode Miller aiming to race next season at age 40

SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, Italy – Bode Miller is still planning on racing again. Just probably not this season. U.S. Ski Team head coach Sasha Rearick said that Miller told him he ...

DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

3 for 3: Jansrud extends perfect start to season in super-G

SANTA CATERINA VALFURVA, Italy – Not since Hermann Maier has a skier dominated in super-G the way Kjetil Jansrud is doing this season. The Norwegian on Tuesday became only the sec...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Hirscher matches Tomba with 4th GS win in Alta Badia

LA VILLA, Italy – Marcel Hirscher was more pleased at finally beating his French rivals than with the fact that he had matched Alberto Tomba with a record fourth giant slalom win in Alta Bad...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Olympic champion Ligety slowed by shooting back pain

LA VILLA, Italy – His back ravaged by a shooting pain that stretches all the way down his leg, Olympic giant slalom champion Ted Ligety can hardly ski at all these days. No wonder...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nyman is in a festive mood with a podium and baby on the way

VAL GARDENA, Italy – Steven Nyman and his girlfriend were lying under the stars admiring the view atop one of the Dolomites’ most majestic mountain passes when they decided to open the docto...

DATE: Dec 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Franz ends Austria’s downhill drought with Val Gardena win

VAL GARDENA, Italy – Max Franz stunned the field to win a World Cup downhill Saturday, ending Austria’s 13-race drought in skiing’s signature event with his first career victory. ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bode Miller has to show he’s still got speed to race again

If U.S. skier is to race again, he has to prove ability

DATE: Dec 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Eyeing 4th downhill win in Gardena, Nyman has loftier goals

VAL GARDENA, Italy – Bode Miller, Daron Rahlves, Bill Johnson, Buddy Werner. None of these accomplished skiers have achieved what Steven Nyman is aiming for this season: To become...

DATE: Dec 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Chris Froome appears impossible to beat in Tour de France

Stage 18 separates leader from pack

DATE: Jul 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Zakarin won’t discuss Russian doping after Tour de France win

FINHAUT-EMOSSON, Switzerland – Ilnur Zakarin hardly had enough energy to zip up his jersey and celebrate upon winning one of the most grueling stages of the Tour de France. The Ru...

DATE: Jul 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports